diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba28abab2..9272ae633 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ e2e_test:
 	# Run e2e tests
 	KUBECONFIG=$$HOME/.kube/config CERTMANAGERCONFIG=$$HOME/.kube/config \
 		./e2e-tests \
-			-cert-manager-image-pull-policy=Never \
-			-cert-manager-image=$(REGISTRY)/$(APP_NAME)-controller:$(BUILD_TAG) \
-			-ingress-shim-image-pull-policy=Never \
-			-ingress-shim-image=$(REGISTRY)/$(APP_NAME)-ingress-shim:$(BUILD_TAG) \
 			-acme-nginx-certificate-domain=$(E2E_NGINX_CERTIFICATE_DOMAIN)
 
 # Docker targets
diff --git a/hack/test/wait-minikube.sh b/hack/test/wait-minikube.sh
index b97856d5f..3f4a1005b 100755
--- a/hack/test/wait-minikube.sh
+++ b/hack/test/wait-minikube.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,34 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-while true; do if kubectl get nodes; then break; fi; echo "Waiting 5s for kubernetes to be ready..."; sleep 5; done
\ No newline at end of file
+while true; do if kubectl get nodes; then break; fi; echo "Waiting 5s for kubernetes to be ready..."; sleep 5; done
+
+echo "Installing helm..."
+cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: List
+items:
+
+### Tiller ###
+# Create a ServiceAccount for tiller to use
+- apiVersion: v1
+  kind: ServiceAccount
+  metadata:
+    name: tiller
+    namespace: kube-system
+# Bind tiller to the cluster-admin role
+- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+  kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+  metadata:
+    name: "tiller"
+  roleRef:
+    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+    kind: ClusterRole
+    name: "cluster-admin"
+  subjects:
+  - apiGroup: ""
+    kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: tiller
+    namespace: kube-system
+EOF
+helm init --service-account=tiller
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e.go b/test/e2e/e2e.go
index f3eeadcab..52ab092ff 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -42,6 +44,44 @@ func RunE2ETests(t *testing.T) {
 		config.GinkgoConfig.SkipString = `\[Flaky\]|\[Feature:.+\]`
 	}
 
+	glog.Infof("Install cert-manager helm chart")
+	InstallHelmChart(t)
+
 	glog.Infof("Starting e2e run %q on Ginkgo node %d", framework.RunId, config.GinkgoConfig.ParallelNode)
-	ginkgo.RunSpecs(t, "cert-manager e2e suite")
+	if !ginkgo.RunSpecs(t, "cert-manager e2e suite") {
+		PrintPodLogs(t)
+	}
+}
+
+const releaseName = "cm"
+
+func InstallHelmChart(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("helm", "install", "./contrib/charts/cert-manager", "--namespace", "cert-manager", "--name", releaseName, "--values", "./test/fixtures/cert-manager-values.yaml", "--wait")
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Error installing cert-manager: %s", err)
+		t.FailNow()
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func PrintPodLogs(t *testing.T) {
+	glog.Infof("Printing cert-manager logs")
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "--namespace", "cert-manager", "-l", "app=cert-manager", "-l", "release=cm", "-c", "cert-manager")
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Error printing cert-manager logs: %s", err)
+	}
+	glog.Infof("Printing ingress-shim logs")
+	cmdShim := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "--namespace", "cert-manager", "-l", "app=cert-manager", "-l", "release=cm", "-c", "ingress-shim")
+	cmdShim.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmdShim.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	err = cmdShim.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Error printing ingress-shim logs: %s", err)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
index aa37f5e11..b769576f7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ package framework
 
 import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apiextcs "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/client/clientset/clientset"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 
@@ -23,12 +22,6 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
 	clientset "github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
-	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/test/util"
-)
-
-const (
-	certManagerPodName = "test-cert-manager"
-	ingressShimPodName = "test-ingress-shim"
 )
 
 // Framework supports common operations used by e2e tests; it will keep a client & a namespace for you.
@@ -86,73 +79,16 @@ func (f *Framework) BeforeEach() {
 	By("Building a namespace api object")
 	f.Namespace, err = CreateKubeNamespace(f.BaseName, f.KubeClientSet)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	By("Building an Issuer CustomResourceDefinition api object")
-	err = CreateIssuerCRD(f.APIExtensionsClientSet)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	By("Building a ClusterIssuer CustomResourceDefinition api object")
-	err = CreateClusterIssuerCRD(f.APIExtensionsClientSet)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	By("Building an Certificate CustomResourceDefinition api object")
-	err = CreateCertificateCRD(f.APIExtensionsClientSet)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	By("Creating a cert-manager pod")
-	pod, err := f.KubeClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(util.NewCertManagerControllerPod(certManagerPodName, "--cluster-resource-namespace="+f.Namespace.Name, "--v=4"))
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	By("Creating an ingress-shim pod")
-	pod, err = f.KubeClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(util.NewIngressShimControllerPod(ingressShimPodName, "--v=4"))
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	By("Waiting for cert-manager to be running")
-	err = WaitForPodRunningInNamespace(f.KubeClientSet, pod)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 }
 
 // AfterEach deletes the namespace, after reading its events.
 func (f *Framework) AfterEach() {
 	RemoveCleanupAction(f.cleanupHandle)
 
-	By("Retrieving the cert-manager pod logs")
-	b, err := f.KubeClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).GetLogs(certManagerPodName, &corev1.PodLogOptions{}).Do().Raw()
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	_, err = GinkgoWriter.Write(b)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	By("Retrieving the ingress-shim pod logs")
-	b, err = f.KubeClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).GetLogs(ingressShimPodName, &corev1.PodLogOptions{}).Do().Raw()
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	_, err = GinkgoWriter.Write(b)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
 	By("Deleting test namespace")
-	err = DeleteKubeNamespace(f.KubeClientSet, f.Namespace.Name)
+	err := DeleteKubeNamespace(f.KubeClientSet, f.Namespace.Name)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
-	By("Deleting Issuer CustomResourceDefinition")
-	err = DeleteIssuerCRD(f.APIExtensionsClientSet)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	By("Deleting ClusterIssuer CustomResourceDefinition")
-	err = DeleteClusterIssuerCRD(f.APIExtensionsClientSet)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	By("Deleting Certificate CustomResourceDefinition")
-	err = DeleteCertificateCRD(f.APIExtensionsClientSet)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	By("Waiting for Issuer CRD to no longer exist")
-	err = util.WaitForCRDToNotExist(f.APIExtensionsClientSet.ApiextensionsV1beta1().CustomResourceDefinitions(), issuerCrd().Name)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	By("Waiting for ClusterIssuer CRD to no longer exist")
-	err = util.WaitForCRDToNotExist(f.APIExtensionsClientSet.ApiextensionsV1beta1().CustomResourceDefinitions(), clusterIssuerCrd().Name)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	By("Waiting for Certificate CRD to no longer exist")
-	err = util.WaitForCRDToNotExist(f.APIExtensionsClientSet.ApiextensionsV1beta1().CustomResourceDefinitions(), certificateCrd().Name)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	By("Waiting for test namespace to no longer exist")
 	err = WaitForKubeNamespaceNotExist(f.KubeClientSet, f.Namespace.Name)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
diff --git a/test/fixtures/cert-manager-values.yaml b/test/fixtures/cert-manager-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24bdfe8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/cert-manager-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+replicaCount: 1
+
+image:
+  tag: build
+  pullPolicy: Never
+
+ingressShim:
+  image:
+    tag: build
+    pullPolicy: Never
diff --git a/test/manifests/acme-http-cert-2.yaml b/test/manifests/acme-http-cert-2.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ea6c1385..000000000
--- a/test/manifests/acme-http-cert-2.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: certmanager.k8s.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Certificate
-metadata:
-  name: acme-http-cert-2
-  namespace: "default"
-spec:
-  acme:
-    config:
-    - http01:
-        ingressClass: nginx
-      domains:
-      - acme-http-2.k8s.school
-      - acme-cn-2.k8s.school
-  commonName: acme-http-2.k8s.school
-  issuerRef:
-    kind: ClusterIssuer
-    name: letsencrypt-staging
-  secretName: acme-http-k8s-school-2
diff --git a/test/manifests/acme-http-cert.yaml b/test/manifests/acme-http-cert.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 39ccfce4a..000000000
--- a/test/manifests/acme-http-cert.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: certmanager.k8s.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Certificate
-metadata:
-  name: acme-http-cert
-  namespace: "default"
-spec:
-  acme:
-    config:
-    - http01:
-        ingressClass: nginx
-      domains:
-      - acme-http.k8s.school
-      - acme-cn.k8s.school
-  commonName: acme-cn.k8s.school
-  dnsNames:
-  - acme-http.k8s.school
-  issuerRef:
-    kind: ClusterIssuer
-    name: letsencrypt-staging
-  secretName: acme-http-k8s-school
diff --git a/test/manifests/acme-prod-clusterissuer.yaml b/test/manifests/acme-prod-clusterissuer.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 207513c88..000000000
--- a/test/manifests/acme-prod-clusterissuer.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: certmanager.k8s.io/v1alpha1
-kind: ClusterIssuer
-metadata:
-  name: letsencrypt-prod
-spec:
-  acme:
-    email: james@jetstack.io
-    privateKeySecretRef:
-      key: "priv.key"
-      name: letsencrypt-prod
-    server: https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
-    http01: {}
diff --git a/test/manifests/acme-staging-clusterissuer.yaml b/test/manifests/acme-staging-clusterissuer.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a6039162c..000000000
--- a/test/manifests/acme-staging-clusterissuer.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: certmanager.k8s.io/v1alpha1
-kind: ClusterIssuer
-metadata:
-  name: letsencrypt-staging
-spec:
-  acme:
-    email: james@jetstack.io
-    privateKeySecretRef:
-      key: "priv.key"
-      name: letsencrypt-staging
-    server: https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
-    http01: {}
diff --git a/test/util/util.go b/test/util/util.go
index 8bdd3cf94..88c3695a1 100644
--- a/test/util/util.go
+++ b/test/util/util.go
@@ -20,21 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/util"
 )
 
-var certManagerImageFlag string
-var certManagerImagePullPolicy string
-var ingressShimImageFlag string
-var ingressShimImagePullPolicy string
 var ACMECertificateDomain string
 
 func init() {
-	flag.StringVar(&certManagerImageFlag, "cert-manager-image", "quay.io/jetstack/cert-manager-controller:canary",
-		"The container image for cert-manager to test against")
-	flag.StringVar(&certManagerImagePullPolicy, "cert-manager-image-pull-policy", "Never",
-		"The image pull policy to use for cert-manager when running tests")
-	flag.StringVar(&ingressShimImageFlag, "ingress-shim-image", "quay.io/jetstack/cert-manager-ingress-shim:canary",
-		"The container image for ingress-shim to test against")
-	flag.StringVar(&ingressShimImagePullPolicy, "ingress-shim-image-pull-policy", "Never",
-		"The image pull policy to use for ingress-shim when running tests")
 	flag.StringVar(&ACMECertificateDomain, "acme-nginx-certificate-domain", "",
 		"The provided domain and all sub-domains should resolve to the nginx ingress controller")
 }
@@ -143,50 +131,6 @@ func WaitForCRDToNotExist(client apiextcs.CustomResourceDefinitionInterface, nam
 	)
 }
 
-func NewCertManagerControllerPod(name string, args ...string) *v1.Pod {
-	return &v1.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: name,
-			Labels: map[string]string{
-				"app": name,
-			},
-		},
-		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
-			HostNetwork: true,
-			Containers: []v1.Container{
-				{
-					Name:            name,
-					Image:           certManagerImageFlag,
-					Args:            args,
-					ImagePullPolicy: v1.PullPolicy(certManagerImagePullPolicy),
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
-
-func NewIngressShimControllerPod(name string, args ...string) *v1.Pod {
-	return &v1.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: name,
-			Labels: map[string]string{
-				"app": name,
-			},
-		},
-		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
-			HostNetwork: true,
-			Containers: []v1.Container{
-				{
-					Name:            name,
-					Image:           ingressShimImageFlag,
-					Args:            args,
-					ImagePullPolicy: v1.PullPolicy(ingressShimImagePullPolicy),
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func NewCertManagerCAClusterIssuer(name, secretName string) *v1alpha1.ClusterIssuer {
 	return &v1alpha1.ClusterIssuer{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{